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Josh,
Can we get a follow-up on this story?
How much do these tickets cost each parent?
For the few who resisted detainment, or attempted to escape [[there were at least three or four that we saw)...what was the increased charge, if any? Basically, how many kids got MORE than just the curfew ticket?
How many of these detained and transported also had additional charges, from possession to disorderly conduct? There were at least three girls taken away in a separate squad car who were with the first group gathered, just after six o'clock...after the police commandeered a D-DOT bus [[much to the surprise of its driver, btw), when it became evident they needed to keep the boys and girls apart...and they only thought ahead to bring ONE paddy-bus to the party!
What happened to the young man in white who was served a beat-down by the police for insubordination? He was put on the second male bus, but then yanked off when it seemed he was causing a ruckus, beat AGAIN, then put into a separate squad car. He was harassed multiple times IN the squad car by antagonistic police, who seemed to be having way too much fun doing this.
How many children were STILL in custody after staying all night?! In other words, how many DIDN'T get picked up by their parents?!
From basic math, it would seem to be 135, since they claim to have detained 285 kids and only wrote 150 parental supervision tickets.
And what else did this cost the families involved, in terms of travel costs and loss of job time...or anything of the sort?
Can we get some real journalism here? Your story didn't answer enough questions. Please reply, or I will go above your head. These answers are very important, and yours so far is the only story which is covering it...so I have some hope for you!
Cheers,
John Gannon